Hinge



(No Model.)

J. H. PINEO.

HINGE. No. 584,096. Patented June '8, 1897.

WETIJESEES TH: nouns PETIZRS DCLVNOTO-HYNO wnsmmrow u c ihvrrn Sra'rns ATENT rmca JOHN II. IINEO, OF BROOKLINE, -MASSACHUSETTS.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,096, dated June 8, 1897.

Application filed September 9,1896. Serial No. 605,228. No model.)

T 727 1.0720722, it 712/451 concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. PINEO, of Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shut-ter- I'Iinges and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specilication.

This invention has reference to improvements in shutter-hinges, and particularly in those in which the parts of the hinge are locked together.

The objectof the invention is to provide a simple and durable hinge having a lockin g device of novel construction.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the locking members, together with such other novel features of construction and combination of parts as shall here' inafter be more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the improved hinge secured in place and supporting a portion of a shutter. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of portions of the same. Fig. 3 represents a cross-sectional view, Fig. el represents a plan view showing the parts, on enlarged scale, in the unlocked positions.

\Vindow-shutters arefor convenience of re moval generally mounted on hinges which comprise a vertical spindle furnished with a spur which is secured in the window-casing. On the spindle is journa-led a sleeve or bearing forming part of a plate or leaf which is secured to the edge of the shutter.

Some window casings or frames are pro vided with a strip across the upper part of the frame, which extends over the upper ends of the shutters when they are closed, preventing the lifting of the shutters when in this position; but in many window-casings this strip is omitted, and in all structures of casings the shutters are vertically movable from their pivots when in a partially-open position. In new buildings the shutters are often placed on their hinges previous to the completion of the interior work. hen boards or other building materials are passed up on the outside of the building, the shutters are often struck and knocked from their hinges, thus endangering the workmen standing below and often causing the breaking of the shut tors. Again, in unfastening the shutters from their holdbacks they are often lifted off their pivots and fall to the ground.

W hen placing shutters on their pivots, it is necessary that the sleeves on the shutterplatcs exactly register with thespindles or pivots. This can be effectually accomplished when the hinges are provided with guiding devices which, while the sleeves are passing over the spindles, prevent the swinging of the shutter.

In carrying my invention into practice I construct a hinge comprising two portionsthe spindle or pivot 5, having the securingspur 6, and the bracing-arm '7. At the upper end of the pivot 5 is the lateral lockingtooth 8, having the squared shoulders 9 9 and the wedge-shaped end 10. The spur 6 is designed to be driven into the frame A until the arm 7 bears against the frame, to which the arm is fastened in the usual manner.

The plate 11 has the usual perforations to receive the screws 12 12, by means of which the plate 11 is secured to the edge of the blind or shutter B. From the edge of the plate 11 extends the member 13, bent to form a hearing for the pivot 5, and which is of a length nearly equal to the distance between the spur 6 and the locking-tooth S on the pivot. The edge 1% of the member is, however, not bent inward sufficiently to contact with itself or with the main portion of the plate, butis separated therefrom, leaving an entrance-slot 15, through which the lockingtooth 8 may pass, one shoulder 9 bearing in this passage on the edge 14 of the member 13, while the beveled surface at the opposite side of the tooth bears on the surface of the plate 11. lVhile the lockin g-tooth is passin g through the entranceslot 15, the shutter is prevented from swinging, thus facilitating the mounting of the shutter, and when the shutter is mounted on the pivots it cannot be moved vertically until the locking-tooth is brought opposite the entrance'slot.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a shutter-hinge the combination of a spindle support, and a spindle 5 provided with a radial tooth 8 having a quadrangular surface of the shutter-plate for the Wedgebod y 9 and a Wedge-sl1aped end 10, with the shaped end of the tooth 8, substantially as i ie shutter-plate 11 having the lateral member scribed.

13 provided with an unclosed bearing-sleeve JOHN H. PINEO. having a longitudinal slot 15 in its periphery YVitnesses: adjacent to said plate for the passage of the i HENRY J. MILLER,

tooth 8; whereby a guide is obtained from the THOMAS R. CURTIS. 

